editio princeps
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The very beautiful copy of this editio princeps on vellum, and now in the British Museum, was purchased by the Museum authorities at Dr. Askew's sale in 1775 for 53 guineas.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
Look at Blind Harry's Wallace, a large volume, first printed in folio about 1520; a few leaves are all that remain of the editio princeps; and others have totally vanished.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew
It is a curious fact that the most accurate edition of Gray's collected poems is the editio princeps of 1768, printed under his own supervision.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert
Stowe's London, by Strype, 2 vols., best edition; Vesputius' Neue unbekanthe Landte, 1508, rare; Ludolphus de Suchen de Terra Sancta, editio princeps, rare; Shakspeare's Works, second edition 1632, third edition 1663; Holy Bible.
From Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Not only is this true of the editio princeps of Homer, Virgil, Tacitus and other Greek and Roman writers, published in the infancy of printing, but of every noted author, of ancient or modern date.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
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